Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Paperback
(Limited Editions Club Jan. 1, 1963)
, one of 1500 numbered copies Edition
Pp. xxxii, 470, 71 illustrations engraved in wood by Paul Landacre, 6 of them full-page two-color engravings. Original ornately gilt-decorated quarter-morocco (from wallaby) over wood veneer boards (hardcover), in the original onion-skin dust jacket, in green cloth-covered slipcase, sm 4to (8" x 10-3/4"). This work was not sold commercially, it was issued in a limited edition of 1500 numbered copies, this being copy #989. The introduction to the volume is by Sir Charles G. Darwin, grandson of the author. Freeman 598. No ownership marks and no signs of use.